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Genesis 43:15

The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 43:15

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

And the men took that present (which Jacob had specified), and they took double money (literally, a doubling of the money, i.e. the first money, and as much again for the new purchase; the phrase is different from that used in , though the words are the same) in their hand, and Benjamin (so.

they took with them); and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph (i.e. in the corn-market).

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